Elevated electric railway.



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No. 728,428. V

Patented May 19, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

WASSILY VARZAR, OF ST. PETERSBURGfRUSSIA.

ELEVATED ELECTRIC RAILWAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,428, dated May 19, 1903.

Application filed October 2'7, 1899'. Serial No. 734,957- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WASSILY VARZAE, a subject of the Emperor of Russia, and a resident of St. Petersburg, Russia, have invent:

ed certain new and useful Improvements in Elevated Electric Railways, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to elevated-railways, and has for its object a novel arrangement of depending cars and other features to be hereinafter particularly described and claimed.

7 Referring to the drawings, in which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is an end View of the track, truck, and suspended cars; and Fig. 2 is a side view thereof with part of one of the cars'broken away to show the suspension from the truck.

Upon a series of suitable posts or columns a, cast or built upor of wood, according to the local conditions or importance of the railway, are secured beams or girders b of any desired or convenient form and of sufficient strengthv to carry the designed load. On this overhead way are placed metallic ties or sleepers c, that carry the'rails O. A truck d, here shown as a fourwheeled truck, travels over the elevated track. The wheel-axlesD of the truck (1 support springs E, and said springs support the body of the truck. Suitable means are used to suspend the cars f from the truck independently from one another and are here shown as rods F passing through the ends of the springs and having bifurcated ends G, in

which is held a suitable metallic bracket H,

by means of a bolt 1, as shown. The cars beingsupported much above their center of gravity very stable conditions are arrived at.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by- Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination, an overhead railwaytrack, a wheeled truck' and a car suspended independently from each side of said truck,

substantially as set forth.

2. In combination, an overhead railwaytrack, a wheeled truck, a car on each' side of the truck and resilient suspension devices connected with thetruck and from which the cars are independently suspended, substan- 

